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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Only two days left in 2012! I remember how as a child it was very difficult for me to remember that it was 1950, not 1949. Wow! How time flies! You should enjoy every day of your Life, because time passes so very fast and before you know it, you will feel the same way about your long-gone childhood.

So what's going to be on your table on New Year's Day? We'll have our traditional meal - Blackeye peas, rice, greens, and cornbread, with a apple pie/cake & ice cream for desert. That Christmas ham will season the beans, and do it deliciously. One of the main reasons we always have a ham at Christmas, is for the blackeye peas on New Years! LOL~

I finished a test pattern for a Sock Monkey hat this week. Isn't it cute? It's by Tammy Harder.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Monday, December 17, 2012

Jen, at Everyday Life and Leisure made me realize that it IS time to make my Goals for 2013. I gave up making New Year's Resolutions ages ago, when I realized they usually led to my feeling bad for not keeping them. Instead I changed to setting Goals that I hoped to reach. I don't always reach them, but I do not feel like a failure.

With that in mind, here are some of my Goals for 2013;

Well, my Goals for 2013 include, but definitely are not limited to . . . .

4) Learn to needle felt, and make 5 cats, one each for my daughter, a friend at the Agrirama, my son & DIL, another friend, and myself. I ordered a kit from Nancy's Notions, so maybe it will happen~

Crochet sets of Little Dress and Little Britches dishcloths to sell at the Wiregrass Christmas - this time WITH the poem.Stitch 'n Frog blogspot

Crochet hats and squares for those who need them.

Crochet more hat/cocoon and hat/blanket sets for our local hopsital for the Preemies and Preemie Angels.

And the last crochet Goal is to crochet all of the critters in this store - Little Owl's Hut

I think this might be the first one I make :

Isn't he a Darling? I just love him! But then I love ALL of her patterns~

Last for this list, but certainly NOT least! Is to learn to cook healthier meals. After all, at 68 I really do need to cook better meals for us. My body isn't as young and resiliant as it once was~ LOL

Sunday, December 9, 2012

What a wonderful day you missed if you were not at the Agrirama yesterday! The weather was lovely, the people attending were too! Those of us who stayed all day and demonstrated had a great time, at least I sure did!

You can see a LOT of photos at their site, of this and previous events out there. At this point there are none of myself or of Wendy, maybe later?

This is one that Wendy snapped with her cell phone -

Being at the Agrirma and having her snap a photo with her cell phone, is rather ironic. At the time the village is set in, even a telephone in the house was rare and they sure couldn't take photos!

The hallway we sat in to crochet is the "dog trot". It is a hallway that is open on each end, to allow air to travel through to cool the house in summer. With gates on the room doors, you could open the door to the dog trot to allow the hot air to escape, while keeping the dogs out.

There were a group of musicians on the front porch, playing a variety of songs, Christmas, childrens, country, all sorts of songs. And a lady whose voice is truly incredable sang along with them.

Another lady, Ms Cody, was in the kitchen cooking biscuits & sausage gravy on a wood stove. Talk about delicious! Yum! You could have your biscuit with gravy or with site made cane syrup. Right beside the house was the cane press and syrup making shed. You could also get a small cup of fresh cane juice to drink. Oh how I loved snitching cane juice to drink when I was a child. My grandfather's press was just like the one they have at the Agrirama, and lots of neighbors brought their cane over for grinding in it.

If you ever want to see the late 1800 early 1900 times in action, come visit the Agrirama.

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Retired too early due to medical disabilities, I crochet to stay sane, or sort of sane. I sell and gift or donate most of what I make. Wielding the hooks also helps maintain my sense of worth~
Married, 34 years to my best friend, we have 2 children, and 2 grandchildren.
We are the servants of two cats, Lucy Liu and Lady Liu, who firmly believe that they are not cats, but instead are tiny little women in fur coats.
Our adult daughter recently moved in with us and brought her cats. So we now have two more cats in the house to serve. Flower (a beautiful guy so named because he was found as a tiny kitten in a flower pot) and Natty.
The cats rule us all with a soft paw and loud voices~